Thursday, February 21, 2008

 

Testing the Democratic spirits

Y'all, I am actively testing my thoughts on the election.

And if this won't knock me off the Obama bandwagon, nothin' will -- in fact there is a strain or two in the (cheesy!) video, and Southern history, in fact, that line up perfectly with my concerns over power and tyranny.

The creator of the video might be appalled. I don't give a damn.

There's nothing conservative about the Republican Party. Conservativism, as Goldwater knew it, and renounced, is dead. And there's nothing "liberal" about wanting corrupt power diffused -- nothing liberal about it but liberty.



--ER

Comments:
Is this serious?

What was with the playboy babe smack in the middle of all that?
 
Well, I assume the maker of the video was serious.

And I'm serious when I say that not even my Southern-sympathizing sympathies are shakin' my support of Obama.

And I'm serious when I draw a comparison between what the Confederates said they were opposing -- oppressive government -- and my own concerns about our own government.

And I seriously don't know what that babe was doin' in there, although she might supposed to be an angel.
 
First off, the song made me giggle. Lots of stinkin' humor there.

Second off, the video made me laugh outloud. The "Dixie" wing. Pure comedy.

Third off, the purty angel with the noticeable rack ... yeah, buddy.
 
When I saw the "babe angel" in the middle of the video, I start singing "When We All Get to Heaven" to myself.

Ah, Southern Nostalgia for its Cavaliers and Lost Cause, will it last as long as Serbian Nostalgia has for its Lost Cause?

Me, I disdain band wagons. Too loud. Too temporary. To good of a target. Too emotional. Emotion is the means that rational men use in others to support their logically conceived ends.

Obama seems to be a very rational man.
 
Obama, yes, rational. Some of his supporters, not so much.

Teditor: W in T H is funny about that song?? It's a mournful ballad.
 
By the way, what's with the green battle banner? Are these eco-friendly rebels?
 
The maker of the video may have been well-intentioned, but to those not emotionally attached to chattel slavery and other traditions of the Confederacy, it just looks like a big joke, ER.

A mournful ballad? Um, mourning the loss of life defending the institutionalized dehumanization of an entire population is just not something I, personally, can wrap my head around. I know we've been around the block on this issue, but I stand my ground on my position, and while I have heard the arguments from others who defend the Confederacy, while I might like them, I don't buy their arguments.

I did like the babe, angel or not. Did women dress like that in the early 1860's?
 
Sorry, ER, I find the lyrics comedic. Mournful or not, I giggled.

Then, just to make sure I wasn't just being an ass, I listened to it again. Maybe it was the imagry in the video that went along with it that made me laugh, but I laughed again.
 
Re, "mourning the loss of life defending the institutionalized dehumanization of an entire population is just not something I, personally, can wrap my head around."

Me either.

And yes, we have been 'round this block. You're wrong. That's not why most of the Confederate soldiers effing fought. And Confederate effing soldiers is what I defend.

This is like your ranting about the media. I disagree, I think you're so far off base it's funny, and I don't mean funny ha-ha. But nowadays I leave you alone about it. Do likewise.
 
"Regular confederate soldiers" fought for the same reasons all foot soldiers fight - their leaders lie to them about the reasons for the war.

I'm not wrong. And, honestly, I'm sorry you can't see that.
 
""Regular confederate soldiers" fought for the same reasons all foot soldiers fight -" Actually,
25-35% of the CSA army in the east
were draftees.
The general corps
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/wpcongen.html were southern gents, but learned their trade on the bluffs of the Hudson...
 
Bullshit, GKS. It's not just that you're wrong. Your view is classic "presntitis" and you filter it through a narrow prism of cynicism about public affairs in general -- which, actually, is something else we differ on.

I'll give you this: You are right in the sense that you parrot the same kind of crap your ancestors in the Won Cause wrote and said early and often.

Both sides rewrote the history of that damned war to suit their own damned post-war needs and aims. Both sides.

What I'm sorry about is that you can't see the inherited cultural and historical baggage and hubris you bring to this topic.

I KNOW the end of slavery was the last thing Southerners wanted. But still think it was what Northerners wanted? It's outrageous.

Do us both a favor. You see a Rebel flag around here, or any reference to it or anything close, leave it alone. This is an argument I will not have with you because you are my friend and I wnat us to remain friends. Leave it alone.
 


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